Trump wants to invalidate Smith's appointment in his classified documents case.
In this June 30, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump looks on during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C.Lawyers for former President Donald Trump argued Friday that Jack Smith's appointment as special counsel in Trump'sgives the U.S. attorney general the authority to "set up a shadow government" by giving Smith the authority to serve in government without being confirmed by the Senate.
"I don't know if it's fair to draw aspersions," replied Cannon, who has been overseeing the classified documents case against the former president. The hearing then devolved into a history lesson, dating back to special counsel appointments under President Ulysses S. Grant and the definitions of specific words in the special counsel appointments clause.
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